Comments on: Thoughts about Palin in Plaid http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2008/09/24/thoughts-about-palin-in-plaid/ The Future is Here Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:26:42 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: DarkStar http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2008/09/24/thoughts-about-palin-in-plaid/comment-page-1/#comment-21762 DarkStar Sun, 28 Sep 2008 23:42:49 +0000 http://blacksmythe.com/blog/?p=503#comment-21762 On point. On point.

]]> By: Kismet http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2008/09/24/thoughts-about-palin-in-plaid/comment-page-1/#comment-21761 Kismet Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:15:02 +0000 http://blacksmythe.com/blog/?p=503#comment-21761 Love this scene. I usually applied it to low-income blackness and what that means and why it keeps getting tied to a certain kind of lived experience, namely that down for the people = down for the hood = down in the hood. Not in college. Not in Martha's Vineyard. Not owning property. Just getting by = cool. Having a stock portfolio = not cool. Etc. That isn't changing and its undertow is FIERCE and hard to shake off even when you are in college, at Martha's Vineyard, have a stock portfolio or own property.<br><br>Applying it to Palin makes sense. Scary. But makes sense. Love this scene. I usually applied it to low-income blackness and what that means and why it keeps getting tied to a certain kind of lived experience, namely that down for the people = down for the hood = down in the hood. Not in college. Not in Martha's Vineyard. Not owning property. Just getting by = cool. Having a stock portfolio = not cool. Etc. That isn't changing and its undertow is FIERCE and hard to shake off even when you are in college, at Martha's Vineyard, have a stock portfolio or own property.

Applying it to Palin makes sense. Scary. But makes sense.

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